Bonus Point Win For Dee Donaghadee 32 – 17 Ballyclare & Donaghadee youth v CS Youth

Donaghadeee made three changes from the previous week, due to injuries chris Beattie and Chris McGivern replaced Marchus Gibson and Bobby Harpur in the backs while Richard Martindale made his first appearance of the season on the 1st XV in place of Phil Collins. In near perfect conditions the early exchanges were fairly even and […]

ANOTHER LEAGUE WIN FOR DONAGHADEE RUGBY: CARRICK Rugby Ixv 17 DONAGHADEE Rugby Ixv 23

Last Saturday Donaghadee continued their unbeaten run this season at Carrickfergus in rugby’s Qualifying League 2. Playing into a fairly brisk westerly breeze the forwards and backs went through much of their repertoire of tactics before some overly desperate defence by the home side in front of their posts gave outside-half Paul Blewitt the easiest […]

Carrick RFC Club Notes: IXV v Donaghadee I, II v Portadown II, III v Monaghan II, IV v Civil Service

The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV lost their League match with unbeaten Donaghadee at Woodlawn on Saturday 2 October by 23 points to 17.The visitors picked up a four try bonus point but Carrick came back strongly at the end to claim a losing bonus point. This was a match which the visitors dominated pretty much […]

GOOD SEASON’S START FOR DONAGHADEE Rugby: DONAGHADEE Rugby 20 – ENNISKILLEN Rugby 16

At two o’clock last Saturday Donaghadee coach Jimmie McCoy was still facing selection problems for his First XV’s opening game of the league season. This had been because of a scarcely-believable series of cry-offs and late failures of fitness tests. Thursday’s training session had begun with the knowledge that Dougie Gordon, Billy Allen, Gareth Gordon […]

21st August 2010, A Special Day At Donaghadee: Dee to play Presidents XV, and Rugby Club Dinner to mark the opening of their 125 Year Celebrations

DONAGHADEE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB 1885-2010 Those interested in rugby football, and especially those who follow the fortunes of Donaghadee RFC, may be well up to date with the fact that the 21st August 2010 has been chosen for the formal opening of the celebrations of the 125th anniversary of its 1885 formation. Perhaps this celebration […]